Bhawanipatna: A man allegedly killed his wife over a monetary dispute and later attempted suicide in Kalahandi district, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred at Sanyasi Kundamal village under Junagarh police limits. The accused, identified as Pramod Chandan (57), allegedly murdered his wife Kasturi (54), and buried her body in their farmland. According to police, the couple frequently quarrelled over money related to paddy earnings, which had reportedly been spent during their son Yuvraj’s marriage. The couple had gone to their field Monday for work when an argument broke out again over the same issue.
In a fit of rage, Pramod allegedly attacked Kasturi with a spade, killing her on the spot. He then buried the body near a haystack in the field and returned home. Later that night, he allegedly consumed poison in a reported suicide attempt and confessed the crime to his son. He was first taken to Junagarh Community Health Centre and later shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Bhawanipatna, where he is undergoing treatment under police custody. Initially, the accused misled police by claiming he had disposed of the body in a canal. After a search yielded no results, he revealed the actual burial site in the field, from where police recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. A case (173/26) has been registered at Junagarh police station, and further investigation is underway, police said.
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